Altered Box: New Craft Individuals Rubber Stamps

When the new stamp plates from crafty Individuals dropped through my letter box two of them especially got me very excited, they are the two I have used to alter this small wooden box. The plates I used were C1-294 and C1-295. The big ship made me think of pirates and that really was the basis for the colouring of this box and the little cogs on the other plate just screamed steampunk.

I firstly painted the box with a coat of Lumiere paint in metallic rust.(I do love this colour). I then mounted the 5 small cogs onto an acrylic block and stamped them around the sides of the box in stazon twisting the block to rotate the lay of the stamps so it looked more random.The main image was stamped onto tissue paper and then added to the lid.

I then added some copper leafing to the box and some german scrap round the lid edges. I sprinkled some copper and gold UTEE on a piece of card and stamped the compass image, then tearing around the edges when the UTEE was cold. I stuck this on with PVA. I then applied a bronze and old gold acrylic paint thickly in places on the box, sprinkled it with copper UTEE and then heated it up with a heat gun until the paint bubbled and burst a bit (being careful not to melt the compass image), while it was still warm I sprinkled on beads and an assortment of beaddazzels. When it was all dry and set solid I added a few colours of Inca Gold Wax before buffing it up.
Then a few Tim Holtz cogs were added to the front. This will be available for sale in my Folksy shop.

A little bit of Steampunk and Crafters pick: The ultimate glue.

I recently got a new book and it has inspired me. So these are a few things I made recently after reading it. These are now all listed for sale in my Folksy shop. I also received a bottle of Crafters Pick : The Ulitmate glue from Moria of Happy daze. I used this on the items and I am very impressed with it and would recomend it.
The two with the birds have now been sold

Altered Microscope glass slides: Alice In Wonderland

These have been made from 2 microscope slides that have had a collaged image sandwiched between them and then sealed shut with faux solder. A filigree corner and some charms have been added.
These are now all for sale in my folksy shop.

This is my 2nd item for the Altered Element this month.
A very quick and easy make this time. I used one of the candles that Lynn has for sale on the site. I stamped the main image onto tissue paper before attaching it to the candle using glossy accents. The little gold stars are also attached with glossy accents. I have also stamped swirls on the back but they have not shown up in the photo,and there you have it a cute little candle for christmas.
Items Used
Candle
Gold wax stars: Out of stock
glossy accents: Out of stock

Celestial Hanging Christmas decoration

This is my first DT piece for this month.

This a very quick little decoration to make. I used a little square hanging frame that is now unfortunately out of stock on the site. I used a stamped image in the recesses on both sides of the frame. I painted the frame in lumiere paint before adding fusible film and beadazzels. The stamped image is embellished with beads and then covered in glossy accents to give it some shine.

its finished with a chain to hang it by and a small filigree corner is added to the bottom where it is finished off with a vintage chandelier droplet.

Items used:
lumiere paint
fusible film
beadazzels
beads